I am sure someone will come up with more than this, Dennis - I hadn't
heard the term before - the Westcoast Railway Assn says CPR built "Burnett"
trucks at their Angus shops and they were named after the designer.
http://www.wcra.org/collection/CPR598.htm
Anyone, are there drawings out there for the 4 wheel trucks?
Ron Hillsden Victoria BC
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dennis Storzek" <dstorzek@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <cpsig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2003 6:04 PM
Subject: [cpsig] Burnett trucks
Gentlemen,
I come north of the border looking for help.
My main interest is the Minneapolis St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railroad,
but in researching some passenger cars, I find that many, many of the
diagrams for cars built in 1913 - 1914 have the notation "Burnett Trucks."
Whenever I've looked at preserved cars in museum collections, however, all
I'd find is rather normal looking six wheel trucks, either composite or
cast steel with separate pedestals. I've recently come across a 1914 built
RPO that has fabricated steel trucks, where the entire sideframe
(encompassing all three pedestals) is fabricated from a pair of steel
plates and spacers. This is similar to an illustration in the 1931 Car
Builder's Cyclopedia, which is titled "Six wheel all steel truck for
Canadian Pacific passenger train service." Is this a "Burnett truck"? I
would like to tie the design to the name, as if this is indeed the case,
then according to the diagram, it is the correct truck for quite a few
cars, at least when they were built.
It certainly wouldn't be the first time that the Soo Line changed equipment
on cars and failed to update the diagrams.
Dennis Storzek
Big Rock, IL
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